“…Additionally, by analogy with other starches [8,13,26,27,[36][37][38] amylose "tie-chains" and amylose-lipid complexes could also affect the thermodynamic behavior of rice starches. In contrast to amylose-lipid complexes located within crystalline lamellae [22,26], amylose "tie-chains" could be located within amylopectin clusters and penetrate both the crystalline and amorphous lamellae [39,40]. In the amorphous lamellae, these amylose molecules are in unordered conformation, while in the crystalline lamellae the same molecules are reasonably rigid ("string-type") [39,40].…”